(A) Applicability. The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to all employers that employ one hundred or more persons.
(B) Trip reduction plans. All applicable developments or businesses shall submit a trip reduction plan to reduce work- related vehicle trips by 12%. Said plan shall be submitted to the Public Works Director within 120 days from the issuance and/or renewal of the business license.
(C) Trip reduction methods. Any combination of the following methods may be utilized to achieve the required vehicle trip reduction:
(1) Alternate work schedules/flex-time.
(a) Office/professional, industrial, manufacturing, warehouse. Incorporate alternate work schedules and flex-time programs (adoption of 9/80 work schedule for all employees) would account for a 10% reduction in vehicle trips.
(b) Hospital. Incorporate alternate work schedules and flextime programs for employees that normally work between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
(2) Telecommuting.
(a) Office/professional.
(1) Office facilities 25,000 square feet or larger may preserve 5% of the gross floor area for telecommuting purposes to allow tenants with multiple facilities to establish satellite work centers.
(2) Establish telecommuting or work-at-home programs to allow employees to work at home or a satellite work center either one day per week or one day every two weeks.
(3) Through the telecommuting or work-at-home program, provide incentives or offset employee costs in acquiring the needed equipment and supplies for telecommuting.
(b) All other uses.
(1) Establish telecommuting or work-at-home programs for selected employees (such as certain clerical or administrative employees).
(2) Through the telecommuting or work-at-home program, provide incentives or offset employee costs in acquiring the needed equipment and supplies for telecommuting.
(3) Bicycle facilities – all uses.
(a) Provide bicycle parking facilities equivalent to 5% of the total required automobile parking spaces.
(b) Preserve 2% of the gross floor area for employee locker and shower facilities.
(4) Parking management – all uses.
(a) Designate with signs, in lieu of painted pavement, 25% of employee parking as preferential parking for carpools and vanpools.
(b) Offer financial or other incentives to employees who participate in ridesharing or an alternative mode of transportation other than the single-occupant vehicle.
(9) Establish a parking surcharge on the single-occupant vehicle.
(5) Mass transit facility usage – all uses.
(a) Provide incentives to employees to use mass transit facilities. Incentives could include provision of a bus pass, additional pay, flex-time or any other incentive which encourages employees to use mass transit in lieu of the single- occupant vehicle.
(b) Provide shuttle service to mass transit facilities.
(6) Truck dispatching and rescheduling – commercial and industrial uses. Establish delivery schedules and truck routing to avoid congested areas and minimize peak hour travel.
(7) Child care – all uses. Provide on-site child care.
(D) Other measures. Any other method or measure which can exhibit a reduction in vehicle trips shall be credited toward attaining the requirements of this chapter.
(E) Enforcement. Upon approval of the applicable trip reduction plan, if there is future noncompliance with this chapter or exhibited failure to implement the trip reduction plan, one or both of the following provisions shall apply:
(1) Exercise a lien, based upon the terms of the agreement, on the subject property.
(2) A monetary penalty, equal to the business license renewal fee, compounded on a monthly basis for the length of time of noncompliance.
(F) Fee. A trip reduction plan review fee of two hundred dollars, payable at the time of annual review, shall be required. This fee shall be used to defray the costs of processing and reviewing each individual trip reduction plan.
(G) Compliance with AQMD Regulation XV. Each trip reduction plan approved by the city under the provisions of this chapter for new employers shall constitute compliance with Regulation XV, provided such programs have been determined sufficient to meet AVR targets of 1.5. Monitoring and annual reporting requirements shall continue to be the responsibility of AQMD and individual employers in accordance with rules and procedure established by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
(Ord. 2141 § 1 (part), 1993.)